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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-17

THE band boys are industriously
engaged preparing for their concert
to be given the Monday evening
following Easter Sunday. They
have secured the leading vocal mu-
sicians Of the city to aid them, and
all may rest assured that it will
prove about the finest musical ban
quet ever given in Mineral Point.
No citizen should hesitate to patron-
ize the entertainment for the pro
ceeds are for the benefit of the band,
which is an organization we can i'll
afford to be without. The band is
fast proving to be among the best
in the state and proper encourage
ment will hold it there.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-03-17

THERE will be peoples caucus
held at the Town Hall, in the town
Of Mineral Point, on March 26th,
at O'clock p. m, to nominate town
officers for the ensuing year
PER ORDER or Cow.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
A Salt Monopoly.

In Italy, salt and tobacco are gov
ernment monopolles. and the person
who sells them has to display the royal
arms over the door, aud is obliged to
sell postage stamps and stamped con-
tract paper.
The salt monopoly is very hard on
the people. The salt comes from the
government works in Sardinia, and is
sold for export at one centesimo or
kilo, while the Italians had to pay
sixty-six centesimi for the same
amount. So much was said OF the
hard effect of this tax on the people.
of the increase of scrofula, pelagra,
and such terrible scourges, that about
a year ago the government reduced
the price of salt to forty-four centimes
kilo. 1t is needless to say that salt
smuggling is a regular business. The
Swiss buy it for one centesimo kilo,
load it on the mems backs and send
them on weary tramp over the
mountains to carry it back to Italy.
But the salt dealers in Italy can only
buy a certain amount of salt at time
and their stores are liable to be visited
and weighed at any moment by the
custom otficers.-and then woe be to
the man who has more salt than he
has bought! In the country keepers
of cattle are permitted to buy from
the government a certain kind OF
coarse salt, but they must have a cer-
tificate showing how many animals
they have to care for. The peasants
often boil and evaporate this salt tor
family use, but if they are caught at
this illicit stilling heavy fines and inn
prisonments await them. m.-Naris Coz
zaldi, in Good Housekeeping.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
Chucking Under the Chin,

Chncking under the chin is not an
American institution. It's perhaps
too preliminary. If you chuck baby
even under the chin, it looks at you
with surprise. But in the old days,
when servants felt kind of compli-
mented if the young swell chucke ed
them under the in. there were sew
efal very important differences. They
used in those days 10 get about So d
year. and they were modest, and back
ward, aud retiring. Nowadays in
America they get mors money than
bank clerks. aud moro holidays. They
have more fun than their mistresses,
aud, indeed, if there were any chuck
ing under the chin. I'll be hanged if
don't believe the servant-Sirls would
chuck the good-looking male guests
under the chin. l suppose you'll say
this comes from the spread of educa-
tion. 1t doesn't. Nobody ever need
to be educated into the chucking Il
pretty girl under the chin. 1t is one
OF the things nature taught us. It's
like the mechanical action of breath
ing or swallowing. We do it quite
naturally. without thinking, when we
get chance. But it is hard to do
nowadays. Since girls took to stand-
ing-up collars and putting other bar,
ricades about their necks, it requires
dexterity and courage to chuck a girl
under the chin. Still it is kind of
agreeable even yet.-San francisco
Chronicle
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
An Oil Trick,

There are tricks in the oil trade, "
said Mr.. George H. Torrey. of Oil City,
las well as in other lines of business.
Take, for instance. the very brilliant
work OF an operator well known in the
Bradford field. This gentleman had
several wells and strip of territory
that he was trying to unload on one of
the big companies. The value of the
lease-depended altogether on the pro-
duction of the wells nearest the unde-
veloped side of it. If they showed up
pretty well the entire tract would most
probably be good and worth nice lit
tie stake. One of the wells was max
ing great deal of oil, but it was on
the wrong edge of the property. The
others were no good. But he wanted
to sell, and SO he laid pipes at night,
and wogfd pump out of the good we'll
into the tanks at the poor ones. and
then after he would get his pipes lifted
he would be ready next morning for
the representative of the prospective
buyers when he would come around
to gauge the tank. By working this
after dark system of pipe=linipg he
made all his wells average up as much
as the one good well. This made the
side of his land look very
valuable. and he sold out for $40, 900.
And this was about 1925, 900 more than
it was worth.-Oa City Derrick.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
How to Tell Brides.

"Yes," said an old and experienced
hotel clerk yesterday, Il can tell 8
bride and groom at a glance. Fol-
some reason or other they all seem
ashamed to have it known that they
have just been married, and they all
try to give the impression that they
are comparatively old stagers, as it
were. but it's no use with me. / smile
when see their old trunks-to come
with bran new ones, you know, would
be to advertise the fact that they had
just been wedded-and l laugh out.
right when receive letter from a
bridegroom saying: Myself and wife
will be at your house ON Wednesday
night, between y and l o'clock. Our
luggage will arrive during the after.
noon, but we will not arrive ourselves
until after the theater,' Then l watch
and see them come III with q bundle
of umbrellas and canes, a hat box,
and couple of valises. which l have
no hesitancy, of course, in believing
they took to the play with them. How
do | tell bride and groomp Well,
there's something about the way they
look at each other when they are to.
gether. and when the newlY-married
man is by himself | can tell by the
manner in which he uses the two
words, my wife, He is not used to
the combination, and they sound as
unnatural to me as they do to himself.
-Nea0 York Mail and E9press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
Daniel Manning.s New York Life.

Daniel Mannings physician told him
some time ago that he must not cl,mt
stairs at his Office or even at home. Nc
matter whether it was a flight of TWEEN
ty or staircase of ten steps. Mr..
Manning was instructed that it would
not be advisable to exhaust any of his
energy in such way. 1t became ne
cessary f9r him, therefore, to have an
elevator erected in bis new home at
" 9TH avenue. It is worked by series
of pulleys and balance weights, and
runs from the rear to the main en-
trance hall to the second fioor, upon
which Mr.. Manning has his sleeping
apartments.
Tne ex-secPetary's New York life has
settled into regular channels. He
rises about 8, breakfasts and reads the
papers between 9 and 10, and then
leaves in his coupe for his bank. There
he attends to business until 2 D. m., or
little later, when his carriage takes
him home. Dinner is served then and
rest or reading follows antil z, when
the family have supper. Ia the even
ing MIR. Manning rends-he had large
and weli-selected collection of books
at Albany, not all of which have been
brought to New York-or receives call
efs. aud then between 10 aud IL he
goes to bed. Many of his visitors are
politicians. aud talk plenty of politics
to him, but he listens aud says'little in
return: On other subjects he is more
outspoken. Every day after dinner
the family go out riding. often aecom-
panied by the head. Ouce or twice a
week they go to the theatre Nep
York San.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
A Suggestion for Swells.

The Argentine poncho is great in.
stitution, and, if some fashionable
swell would set the style of wearing IT.
it would add greatly to our comfort
and convenience. There never was q
garment adapted for Out-of-door use
and particularly for plainsmen OF
those who are much in the saddle. II
it blanket of ordinary size, with a
split in the center through which the
head goes; and the folds hang down as
far as the knees, giving free use to the
arms, but always furnishing them and
the rest of the body shelter. In sum.
mer it shields the wearer from the heat
of the sun, in winter it is as warm as
an Mister, and in rainy days takes the
place of an umbrella The native is
never without it. summer or winter,
afoot or horseback, at home or abroad.
1t stays by him like his shadow, and
gives him IN oycrcoat by day and a
blanket by night. Poncllns were form.
erly made of the hair of the vicuna, q
sort OF cross between HIS lama and
the antelope, found in the Bolivia
Andes. Before the conquest vicuna
was the royal ermin of the Incas, and
none but persons of princely blood
were allowed to wear it. A vicuns
poncho is as soft as velvet, and as
durable as steel. foq can find plenty
of them in Argentine and Chill that
have been in the old families for two
centuries or more, and have been
handed down with the family jewels
as he:rlooms. They never wear out,
and, like lace, improve with age.
But genqine yicqna ponchos are hard
to get and very expensive, costing
often as much as camels-hair shawl.
The color is a delicate fawn, and will
not change when wet, which is sure
test of IFS genuineness:-St. James
BUDGET.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
Saccharine From Coal-Tar.

"I'his is saccharine, said the chemist,
as he showed Courier man about a
/ tablespoonful of cream-colored pow,
der sit is the latest thing in the way
# coal-tar product. and it is just about
100 times sweeter than cane sugar.
That little bottle came from Merck OF
Darmstadt, and costs So. 1t is the new
cure for diabetes mellitus, that killed
Frank Tracy.
New cure nothing" said a portly
gentleman representing the grape
sugar works, 'tlt was discovered in
1879 by accident. and it's going to do
more business than curing diabetes,
Our house has imported one hundred
pounds of it at q cost something over
q thousand dollars, and we're going to
see what it will do in the way of max.
ing glucose an exact substitute for
cane sugar. The estimate of the
sweetening power of saccharine is that
one part added to $500 parts of
glucose will bring the latter up to cane
sugar or sucrose standard, and if only
some smart fellow could succeed in
crystallizing the compound he could
become as rich as Vanderbilt. But
we cant granulate it as yet, and thus
we must be content to use the new
product for substitution purposes"
What is saccharine?" asked the
C0uraer's investigator, and in reply he
was informed that it IS a product of
the surprising new line of chemicals
obtained from the residnHm Of petro-
leum distiliation. In searching for a
synthetical substitute for quinine a
German chemist discovered a sweet
instead of au expected bitter principle
and it is now thought that it can be
produced in sufficiently large .guauti-
ties to become of commercial impor.
tanee.
The chemist said to the Courier man:
''There is no more limit to the possi-
bilities of discoveries from petroleum
than there is of the coming powers OF
electricity. We are only beginning
to get acquainted with the outside edga
of electricity, and Pm willing to bet
you $40 that before you're ten years
older you'll see folks go TO the corner
grocery and buy quart of electricity
in Faurs cell to cook dinner with,
just as they 60 now to buy kindling.
wood. Now, this petroleum Is dis.
tillation, as far as can make out. OF
substances in the heart of the earth.
1t is believed by some scientists that
in the stinking stuff which we call
crude petroleum We haye the essence
of the flowers, the herbs the plants,
and the whole fora of millions of
years ago. and that the colors, such as
we get in aniline tints of magenta,
solferino, and the rest, and the series
of coal-tar perfumes are nething more
nor less than the colors and odors OF
the millions of years ago, before the
ancient oaks were carbonized into
coal strata, and when chorus glrls
were young and charming. This stuff
has been stewing up for ages. and Just
as we get fine cure for heart-disease
out of the lily of the valley (convallaria
majalis) SO are we getting fine
medicines like .antifebrin' and sac
charlie from honey bearing end aka
loid-laden flowers and plants that
bloomed when the megatherium was
commoner than Barnum's elephants. u
Buffalo Courier.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29

It is the nature of refined woman
to desire neat-looking hands at the
least, not for the reason that they are
the "badge Of gentility," but that
rough, with broken and disfgWed
nails, they are an unceasing oifense
to her own eyes. / heard a lady
laughingly say she need never trim her
nails; the soda she used in cleansing
her milk cans cut them down for her.
I shuddered even at the idea. l would
not have shirked the can-washing, but
I would have managed it with a mop
Household work and neat hands are
not as incompatible as they seem. if
everv means possible is used for the
protection of the hands. / will not
saw PRETTY hands, because work must
enlarge the joints. thicken. and, as
one grows older, mar the shape; but,
with little trouble. a working hand
may be kept soft and white, with reg
ular, smooth nails. First, there are
rubber gauntlets, costing moderate
price. They can be worn while wash,
ing dishes, dusting and sweeping, and
| in doing any work that will not cut
the rubber. An old pair of buckskin
gloves, with plenty of newspaper,
will keep the hands spotless in trim
ming and cleaning lamps. and free
from the lamp-black, so permeating
and hard to remove. In short, the
rule must be: Whatever can be done
with gloves, must never be done with
| out them. When work is done. wash
the hands in tepid water, pressing the
skin back at the base of the nail with
the towel as you wipe them. Pour in
the palm few drops of glycerine. rub
/ we'll together. aud wipe dry. If sticky,
powder lightly with starch. At night
anoint well with glycerine, and sleeI
in gloves, or pow der thiekly with
starch, which will whiten, as we'll as
prevent soiling, the bed-clothes.
The care of the nails, as taught BY
/ professionals. Is elaborate, though ex
! cellent in its results, increasing tlieil
beauty and making them less liable to
break. But few busy women car
spare the time in the morning for sncf
treatment, and are too tired at night
The simple means suggest viii pro
duce hands that, while they minister
| to his wants. a tender husband may
/ we'll desire to touch with his lips
Clara Grumdy Besr.e, in Good Hoase
| keeping.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
A Wood Chute.

One of the most interesting sights /
ever saw in my life, says a cores
pondent, is the wood chute at the
Homestake Mine. This mine has a
railroad twenty-five miles long to the
pineries where fuel is obtained, and
the road ends at the top of a high hill
just above the mill. Here the wood is
dumped into a chute made of heavy
logs lined with iron. The logs de-
scend with tremendous velocity, and
on reaching the mouth of the chute
leap out into the air, pass oyer the
mill, and land some 250 feet from the
foot of the bluff. For hours a perfect
stream of logs passes over the heads
of the men at work below, and to a
new conner it seems sufficiently dan
gerous, but no accident ever occurred.
and one soon gets over the nervous
feeling. Five thousand cords of wood
are piled at a time by the arrange
ment, which saves tens of thousands of
dollars annually to the company, dis
posing of $4,000 cords year with
ont any cost Of piling,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
BENTcx.s HAIx sRewEx.

All who are BALD, all who are be.
coming BALD, all who do not want to
be BALD, all who are troubled with
DANDkUFF, or lTCHING of the scalp,
should use Benton's Hair Grower.
EIGHTY PER CENT. Of those using it
have grown hair. It never fails to
stop the hair from falling. Through
sickness and fevers the hair sometimes
falls off in a short time, and although
the person may have remained bald
for years. il you use Benton's Hair
Grower according to directions, you
are sure of growth of hair. In hun.
dreds of cases we have produced good
growth of hair on persons who have
been bald and glazed for years. We
have fully substantiated the following
facts.
We grow hair in every ease no mat.
ter how long bald.
Unlike other preparations Ii contains
no sugar of lead. or vegetable or min.
eral poisons.
1t is a specific for falling hair, dan
druff, and itching of the scalp.
The Hair Grower 10 hair food, and
It's composition is almost exactly like
the oil which supplies the hair with
it's vitality.
If your druggists have not got it we
will send it prepaid on receipt of price.
BENTON HAIR GROWER Co,
Cleveland, o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
The Acadians Of Louisiana.

'sThe Acadianse They belong to
this world-to daylight. They have
been here not two centuries. / am
Aeadian myself on my mothers side.
Oh, l know my people" said the priest.
s.They do not seem to be progress
sive people," ventured Mr.. bly,.
mo, perhaps not. But is progress
| everythingp They are not lazy. The
men work faithfully-when they work
| at all. The women in these houses
keep them tidy, cook, sew. and carry
| on their little meters. They have
| rough looms. and weave the homespun
cloths which they and their husbands
| wear. They make. ton. really beautl-
full fabrics of the Nankin cotton IN its
| native dull yellow color, or beautifully
striped with threads colored in vegeta-
Bile dyes. Some ladies, wives of the
large planters, have found agents in
New Orleans and New York who will
sell the stutfs which these poor women
| weave. am told" added the good
father, cbeerfully, ''that it surpasses
in beauty and durability the fabrics
woven by the Chinese. and is much
cheaper. ! do not say that it is so; l
have never seen the stuffs made by the
people of China. But it is reasonable
to suppose that good Christian women
could surpass barbarons savages in
| civilized work"
Mr.. Ely was discreetly silent.
s.It would be fortunate" continued
Pere Nedaad, ''if their little mauufae-
lures could be brought into the mar
Ret. They are very poor, many of
item, and thus comfort and much
| pleasure wonld be brought into their
lives.
| .Ah, m'sieu, progress, newspapers,
railroads, do not make the hero; not
even education. He is born-here in
the Cajan's cabin just as in Ancient
Greece OF Rome. Let me tell you a
story which comes to pass this spring.
One of my flock is Landry, big, mid
Idle-aged man, with grown sons and
grandchildren He is shrewd,
money-making fellow. oYerseer on a
tgreat cattle plantation. His life
counts for much, you see, to him and
his family. One evening see Joseph
in his hateau rowing down the bayou.
I He does not return until morning.
Down yonder is nothing but desolate
Eisland, inhabited only by alligators
Eand wild birds. Again aud again I see
Ehim go. asked him what it means.
/ and he tells me, against his will, that
la month ago wretched old negro took
the smallpox, and was driven by his
people out on the prairie. Joseph
took him to the island. made deserted
hut there habitable for him. and every
night went down to nurse and care for
him. stopping halfway to change his
clothes, He took his life in his hand
every day. you see. for this miserable!
And Joseph is not . Young. reckless
fellow, but grave, middie-agsd. He
tells nobody: he counts it for nothing.
Ahar' the priest broke into tremulous
laugh, STOPPING to pat the neck of his
horse. Joseph is rough-looking
fellow. He swears hard, and sleeps
when preach. But it is out of such
stuff God makes his servants.-Rebecca
Harding Dapis, in Harper's Magazine.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29

''Can you tell me, darling" he asked.
as they sat together in the weak spot
OF the sofa. 1.-THE exact physiological
and mathematical duration of a kiss?"
about second and half, believe, "
she answered demurely. Thanks, "
he replied. II will make minute Of
it"-RwyLtNQtoa Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
English SPAWN Liniment remove

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft, or Calloused Lamps
and Blemishes from horses. Blood
Spawn, Curbs, Spiints. Sweeney. Sti-
fes, S2rains. Sore and Swollen throat,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one
bottle. Warranted. Sold by Belding
& Gibbons, Druggists. .Rsvenns. o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
CHOICE VARIETIES
or
STR4 WBEk RIES.
RASPBER2IES.
BEACKBERRJES,
REASONABL PRICES.
A. E. STEPHENSON,
CHARLESToWh. O..

CHARLESToWN, o..
Offers to the people of Portage County the fol-
lowing unexcelled varieties which ave iuva-
whereVer exhibited taking the First Premiums
IN every competitive test as to Hardness, Size,
Flavor, and Prolific Bearing.
WHITE ANN ARBOR GRAPE-Hardy. pro.
Inc, large and delicious. Ripens ten days or
TWO weeks before the Concord Never mildeWs
nor rots. Second size. one year old. small, 50
cents each.
We, the undersigned, having been appointed
by the Agricultural and horticultural Society
OF ashtensw Co Michigan to act as Judges
October. 1859. had under consideration % va,i
eties OF Grapes. and it was their decided opin-
ion that the :. White Ann ArbOr " Seeding was
Tar the most desirable of the lot.
fsr sise. fGsor and beauty, it took the lead of
all our standard varieties, and we believe it
VIII yet become one OF the most popular Grapes
I'D. WILLIAMS.
ANN ARBoR. NICE. Dee 70. 1854.
RUSSIAN. N.MULBERRY-HAR beau
.l,e fruit is valuable for table use. By mali, nail
u 10 10 inen size, 10 cents each. $3.50 per dozen
THE WAGER PEACH.-This is, without sx-
eeption. the best and richest Peach we are ac-
quainted with. for table use and canning pur-
IS Yellow as ToS thoS AMI ni. HsSH Hss0
hardy. and one Of the most ABUNDANT bearers 81
any sort known. It reproduces itself every time
rrom the pit. One year old trees by express,
to feet. Is ceuts each; $3.50 per dozen.
WATERLOO PEACH.-a to . It, ss cts. each
he largest and best very early peach grown.
Ripens about middle Of July.
"BIG BOB"-THx Con1Ns srHAwsKxnY.-
The biggest and most uniform in size. the best
Favored and most productive, and the vines the
hardest, Price by mail. o. co per doz or q
per 100. A. e. STEPHENSON,
Ravenna. March 80. 1sss 7sa-an
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
Penn'a Agricultural Works.

Steam Engines, Saw Mills. Hay Presses.
Stump Pullersiand Standard Agricultural
Implemsnts generally. Send for Catalogue
A.B, EARQuaAR q SON, York, "a.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29

ITCH AND SCRATCHES of every kind
cured in 80 minutes by WoeLFoRD's
This never fails. Sold by Belding g.
Gibbons. Druggists. Ravenna. o.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29
REAL ESfiTE AGENCY.

Town and CountrJ Property for sale or ex-
change.
We buy or sell. according TO the demand.
}. n. DUsSEL.
erty.
FARM OF $50 ACRES, in south part
Aurora township Favorably located. Price,
$500.
HOUSE and TWO LOTS near Diamond
Glass Factory. Price. s. 600.
A NUMBER OF BUILDING LOTS in very
favorable locality. In this place. Price. from
f9b0 to $3.50.
FARM Of S5 acres In Edinburg. Price S16g0.
j. FL DUSSEI-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-29

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